There is no place that I know of. Often a person’s OH config contains sensitive information like location, IP addresses, usernames and passwords, etc. So most users would not publicly post their OH configs.
Sounds super nice. I’m really interested in 4 (When I get to the corner of my street). Did you already post somewhere how you realized this? I tried to do the same thing with 2 waypoints which I have to pass, one after the other. I tried it with ifttt geofencing and owntracks. The implementation itself was no problem, but both just were not reliable at all. I tried to play with the update interval of owntracks but all it did was drain my mobiles battery faster.
I don’t use OwnTracks. I use Tasker with the AutoLocation plug-in. I set up a geofence in AutoLocation that is large enough to pop up the dialog to open the garage before I get to the garage. Sometimes it’s way before I get home, sometimes it’s not until I pull into the drive way.
When I enter the geofence a Tasker task runs to sendCommand to an Item using OH’s REST API. I have a VPN set up so I just use my machine’s name but you can use myopenhab.org. And fairly recently the Android app received Tasker integration that lets you send commands to Items through that instead of needing to craft the HTTP request yourself.
Is that the beta version?
I think it’s now in the release but I’m not sure. I’m running the beta version and it has been available for some months. What tasks do you automate with Tasker?
Yes, it’s currently in beta only. Google rejected the update to 2.8.0, which includes the tasker addon in the stable version, but you can download it from https://github.com/openhab/openhab-android/releases/tag/2.8.0-release.
Okay, might give it a try. Atm I´m using the release version and is very pleased.
1. How big is your system (Sensors,Switches ect)
- 34 Ikea Tradfri lamps with 13 Ikea remotes
- 1 Ikea Tradfri Smart plugs
- 9 Z-wave.me Wall-C wall switches
- 2 Z-Wave smart plug
- 4 Xiaomi switch
- 2 Xiaomi Door sensor
- Toon Thermostaat Rooted
- 2 Google Home Mini’s
2. How long have you been working on your setup
Well I started with Openhab when I had just 2 smart lights. So every month I have added something. At first I have played a few weeks before I had a serious plan. So I have no idea the time I have spent in total. With the serious part not that long. I started with Openhab from release version 2.1
3. How many lines of code run your rules
1174 lines. Most of them just to control the Wall switches.
4. What’s the best feature your system has
At this moment controlling my lights in the house.
5. What are you adding or doing next
1.Control of the House ventilation system ( I have a orignal remote that I will control with a Arduino ).
2.Turn my mirror heating on/off by voice in the bathroom. So I can tell to turn my mirror heating on when I’m still in the bath tub. Then it is clean when I get out to shave my face 
6. Does everyone in your house like your system
Well yes, 99% of the time it works good, and the wife likes she can dim all the light in the house with original looking wall-switches. My kids doesn’t know any better. They are a bit to young. My son likes he can control te color of his lights in his room.
7. how much has it all cost
I guess around 700-800 euro.
8. Job
Working as a Senior Service Engineer. All with Pro Audio
How big is your system
1 SMA solar system (modbus)
1 ComfoAir Air Condition (comfoair)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/ventilation/
1 Viessman Heating System with vcontrold (connected via rest api)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/heating/
1 Energy Meter (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/electricmeter/
(currently outdatet)
1 Gas impulse counter (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/gasmeter/
16 Switchable lights (knx)
4 Dimmable lights (knx)
8 Philips HUE lights (hue)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/switches/
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/lighting/
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/garden/lighting/
7 Switchable energy sockets (knx)
2 Osram zigbee energy sockets (hue)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/sockets/
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/garden/sockets/
11 Rollershutter (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/shutters/
15 window opening contacts (knx)
3 indoor motion sensors (knx)
6 outdoor motion sensors (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/security/
11 fire sensors (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/smokedetectors/
12 Self developed Temperature/Humidity sensors (knx/arduino)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/sensors/arduino/
1 Outdoor temperature/humidity/wind/rain sensor (s300th)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/sensors/wireless/
5 Controlable watering lines for the garden (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/garden/watering/
1 Husqvarna automower (robonect)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/garden/mowers/
1 Romba vacuum cleaner (modbus)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/roomba/
1 Samsung TV (samsungtv)
2 Webcams (one from the automower)
1 fritzbox
1 switchable bass loudspeaker
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/sound/
1 garden door opener (knx)
1 bell (knx)
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/garden/intercom/
1 wallmounted tablet to control everything
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/infrastructure/control/display/
Time to setup
This is a never ending story. I started 8 years ago with a fresh openhab setup.
Lines of code (incl. spaces, comments)
583 lines for Item definitions
4.143 lines for rules
604 lines for sitemap
Best feature
self written alexa skill which analyses complex sentences to control everything. Supports multiple actions at once. Group actions. Automatic room detection etc.
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/infrastructure/control/voice/
presence and sleeping detection
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/presence/
self written heating algorithm which has way stabler temperatures and 30% less gas consumption
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/heating/control/
automatic 70% cutting rule for my solar system
self written habpanel digest cycle to support hundred of item updates at once. Was reducing the cpu consumption of my tablet from 30% to 5% and improved the response time a lot.
https://github.com/HolgerHees/openhab-config/tree/master/conf/html/theme
self written comfo air binding
https://www.openhab.org/addons/bindings/comfoair1/
self developed temperature/humidity knx sensors
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/house/sensors/arduino/
complete ansible setup for a self deploying/installing and configuring system
http://www.intranet-of-things.com/smarthome/infrastructure/server/setup/
and a lot more
Does everyone in your house like your system
So far definitive yes. Maybe I have luck with my girlfriend but she likes everything what I’m doing 
Background
I’m a passionated technician with a long background in communication electronics and a full stack software engineer with ~30 years of experiences.
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very impressive
DIY + very expensive hardware
not even one sonoff ! your site looks great
In the last month I improved my automated deployment setup a lot to make it easier for other people to reuse as much as possible.
The long term goal is to create a generic smartserver solution where you can enable or disable features and services you want to use.
Could you clarify this for me please? What is Autovoice?
Joao is a developer of Tasker plugins which almost all start with “Auto”. Early last year the original developer of Tasker transitioned the app to Joao so he is now owner and primary developer for Tasker as well.
System size:
(connected to OpenHAB):
- 10 motorized roller shades (graber/somfy, zwave)
- 3 in-wall switches (zwave)
- 4 in-wall dimmers (zwave)
- 10 plug-in dimmers (zwave)
- 4 plug-in switches (zwave)
- 4 smart bulbs (zigbee) with 4 more arriving tomorrow
- 5 Schlage connect door locks
- 6 echo dots
- 6 multi-sensors (motion, luminance, temp & humidity)
- Owntracks
- an MQTT broker hosted in AWS
(not connected to openhab):
- door & window sensors
- smoke detectors
- co detectors
- roomba knockoff that’s not particularly smart, but does automatically run on a schedule
How long have you been working on this setup
Started with SmartThings in 2017, moved to OpenHAB about 9 months ago after our internet went down and we couldn’t turn on the living room lights.
How many lines of code run your rules
About 1300. A lot of that is scene configuration and boilerplate for permissions. I track which rule set an item’s state (or if it was set manually by flipping a switch or asking Alexa) and there is an order to which rules can override what reason for an item to be on. For example if the living room lights want to start dimming because it’s getting close to bed time but my wife is crocheting on the couch and turned the light up all the way, the rule that manages the scene won’t have permission to turn that light down.
What’s the best feature your system has
My wife hates turning the bathroom fan on when she showers. If the humidity in the bathroom gets high, the fan will turn on but it can be turned off manually (it’s on one of the hard-wired switches). If it gets high enough the extreme-high-humidity (90+%) rule takes precedence over manual action and the fan can’t be turned off even with the switch (it just turns right back on).
Other things include the blinds going up and down at appropriate times, lights being on when we want them, etc.
What are you adding or doing next
I have a few projects in mind in no particular order:
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The chicken coop has it’s own RPi running OH, but it’s not working at the moment for reasons I haven’t figured out, and living in the PNW I’m not particularly inclined to take my laptop out in the rain to get it sorted. That setup (in theory) connects to the house system via MQTT and reports on water levels, food levels, and runs a water pump and lights in the coop.
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I really want to figure out how to get rid of our last few interactions with lights. The lights mostly take care of themselves based on time of day and luminance inside and out, except that we tend to eat dinner in front of the TV. While we’re eating we want the lights up, but if we’re just watching TV there’s a scene we can set to dim the lights. I’d love to detect a) if the TV is actually playing a show (not just on) and b) if we’re eating to adjust the lights appropriately.
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Connecting the alarm system to OH to get door status without doubling up on sensors, and to react to various alarm conditions. I’d rather not mix life-safety and basically experimental systems, so they’re going to stay separate regardless.
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Whole house audio - it’s started, but only one zone is wired up. Mostly this is running cable in the walls/ceilings.
Wife Approval
My wife groans when I buy new modules, but on the whole I think she appreciates the system. She can turn the bathroom heater on by asking Alexa before she gets in the shower, and when things break and we have to use the physical light switches like 20th century plebeians it’s very jarring for both of us.
Cost
The most expensive components are the roller shades, but we were going to replace the window treatments anyway (we moved about 2 years ago and the miniblinds the house came with were in rough shape)
Occupation
I’m a software dev turned manager. Also on my todo list is moving to JSR233 once Javascript supports (iirc) Member of Group Changed
I just started out. Its a new house so has a cat6 network wired into it. I did all the planning initially for wires and electricals.
cat 6 with multiple access points
central server for automation: windows 7 on pentium j 2.2 ghz Q-core and 16 gb ram, hot swap hdds for survellance etc.
right now a 10 row rack for network devices, for now 24 port jpanel and switch
two zwave controllers for devices from us and uk
some zwave devices and fobs
some tasmota flashed sonoffs
more than sonoffs i have shellys and more on order as im still adding
couple of ip cameras in each direction with poe
all televisions are connected via hard wires
7.1 hardwired dolby, yet to install wires already done
i am just starting and usually dont have time from work, so quite slow at it
plan to install all home audio on airplay, devices already ordered, will do speaker build myself as i have a wood workshop, couple of employees and know some soldering skills, same with speakers for HT, just buy atmos HT and add self made speakers
i also plan a wheeled AI robot to walk the drive and do recce in the night hours in the long run maybe
I like zwave better, it costs more but is super easy, best thing everyone like is plex streaming as everyone in the house wants movies in their room
How big is your system (Sensors,Switches etc)
- Nest Thermostats (2×)
- TP-Link Smart Plugs (10×)
- Wyze/Feit Smart Bulbs (12×)
- In-Wall Feit Smart Switch/Dimmer (14×)
- MyQ Garage Opener (1×)
- B-Hyve Sprinkler System (2×)
- Ring Door Cam (1×)
- Plant Soil Monitor (1×)
- iRobot Vacuum (1×)
- Alexa Devices (4×)
- Google HA (3×)
- Wyze Cams (8×)
- NightOwl DVR (1×)
- AmCrest Cams (4×)
- Misc PIR and Door/Windows Switches
- Ceiling Fan Speed Controller (3×)
- Humidity Sensor in Bathroom (controls Fan) - Not connected to OH
How long have you been working on your setup
Just starting with OpenHAB (still learning). Now using Alexa/Google
How many lines of code run your rules (Total Lines of all files)
Not there yet
Whats the best feature your system has
Ability to operate most devices remotely, while watching various cameras
what are you adding or doing next
- Getting OpenHAB to run …
- Smoke/Fire detectors
- Energy Usage Monitoring
- Wiring Door/Windows Switches (recycling from existing ADT system)
- Plan to replace some kitchen appliances in near future
does everyone in your house like your system
To some extent yes. Except when I was changing light switches, and had many boxes open and wires exposed
how much has it all cost
$3000+ … over the past 5-6 years, since I got my first AmCrest camera
How big is your system (Sensors,Switches ect)
- Honeywell Vista 20P connected via AlarmDecoder with 7 motion sensors, 15 door/window sensors, 10 smoke/heat/CO detectors, 3 glass breaks
- 26 Z-Wave in-wall dimmers/switches
- 10 Z-Wave appliance modules
- 5 Z-Wave fan controllers
- 2 Z-Wave outdoor modules
- 7 Z-Wave leak sensors
- 2 Z-Wave Homeseer floodlight motion/switch combos
- 10 Hue g3 bulbs
- 3 ZigBee generic RGBW LED strip controllers
- 1 Hue light strip
- 2 Hue Play lights
- 16 Lightify RGBW retrofit lights
- 1 WaterCop Z water valve
- 5 Z-Wave Aeon micro swtiches
- 1 Z-Wave Aeon WallMote
- 3 Z-Wave Schlage locks connected to Vera bound via MIOS binding (back from before security was in the Z-Wave binding)
- 2 Harmony Hubs
- 22 Auto refreshing still image views from IP cameras integrated in Sitemap (2x 16 channel Hik NVRs for main-streams / Sighthound doing analytics on sub-streams / cameras are Axis, Hik, Dahua)
- 4 UPSs via NUT
- 4 Arduino-based door controllers for magnetic locks/overhead door with HID Wiegand readers
- 3 Rokus
- 2 Sonos Playbars, 1 Sub, 2 Play 5s, 1 Play 1
- 1 Ecobee 3 with 3 remote sensors
- 3 LaCrosse Alerts sensors with data scraped from API via HTTP binding/JSONpath (monitor fridge/freezer, beer fridge/garage, and attic/HVAC unit output)
- 5 Echo dots
- Video analytics triggering events via calls from SightHound (person loitering, person inside of fenced area, etc…)
Running on Windows Server 2016 in a Hyper-V VM (replicated) / Aeon Z-Stick / Conbee II / AlarmDecoder / Silex USB network device server / HA-Bridge for Echo support / Hue v2 bridge / Vera Lite
How long have you been working on your setup
- About 5 years with OpenHAB
How many lines of code run your rules (Total Lines of all files)
- At least 3500 lines. OH calls other custom APIs too to do other things (access control authorization from input from HID readers, log analytics), that’s probably at least as many lines
- Now stored in Azure DevOps repository for versioning
Whats the best feature your system has
- When you badge/code into the door, if you have proper access level/schedule/etc…, door unlocks, alarm turns off, all the lights get set appropriately, etc… sounds pretty boring, but a lot of endpoints are being set when this happens and saves a lot of time to get the lighting right in the house. Reverse happens when we leave.
- Overrides on “dangerous” appliances - space heater, toaster oven, bottle warmer, kettle, etc… all automatically shut off when we leave (also if smoke detected) so no more questioning if we left them on (WAF “award” for this )
what are you adding or doing next
- Auto color-temp changing lights
- Inovelli Red Z-Wave switches for circuits with smart bulbs - integrating scene controls and the switch’s RGB LED with status messages
- Integrate Melnor RainCloud to OH via RainCloudy (Python project on Github) (hate the RainCloud btw… )
- Finish setting up Digital Acoustics IP7 intercoms to loudspeakers outside so that OH can trigger Asterisk to make a call and yell at people via voice recordings. Sighthound has already successfully triggered a fence jump alarm for someone that shouldn’t have been there… now I just need the system to yell at them to leave on its own
does everyone in your house like your system
- When it works, yes. Had a recent issue with the Z-Stick after upgrade to 2.5 where the z-wave devices didn’t work for a couple days and spouse mentioned not liking having to manually do the lights… I’ll take that as a win/compliment
- There’s a lot of features that go unappreciated because they typically work causing them to go unnoticed, but improve the security / safety of the house (ex: door auto-locking, easy alarm setting, HVAC shutdown on smoke, leak detection + water shutoff, etc…)
how much has it all cost
- I found a lot of stuff on eBay for way below list price, but I still don’t want to think about it (and it would be hard to calculate). Spending has been over the last 5-6 years though at least. Well over $5,000
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Hi,
Here’s mine:
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How big is your system (Sensors,Switches ect)
8x ESP8266 modules (one in each room) with at least one temp/humidity sensor, light sensor, smoke sensor. Some also have motion sensors and relays
1x ESP8266 module for central heating
1x Wemos for electricity sensor (clamp on to incoming feed)
4x ESP8266 light switches (one is a triple and is linked to a couple of RF433 fobs)
4x Sonoff Dimmers
9x wifi smart plugs
5x Amazon Echo Dots
2x Lenovo tablets running Fully Kiosk with the API feeding data back into OpenHab
5x Shelly wifi relays for controlling some two way lights
2x Xaiomi robot vacs
Call Clerk phone app for getting caller id (I’m looking to replace that soon)
6x RF433 roller blinds
3x RF433 multibutton remotes
The OpenHab server is way over the top:
Dell r720 running ESXi with a three node Windows Server cluster - OpenHab, NodeRed, CallClerk, MQTT, InfluxDB, Grafana and my Silex USB over IP controller all running as clustered services.
I also have the OpenHab phone app, notifications via Pushover and email.
My Blue Iris CCTV is linked in, so any time someone rings the doorbell the PTZ camera zooms on them, displays on the tablets and sends me a screenshot via email.
I use the Amazon Echoes to provide voice notifications and voice control.
Also have a couple of sensors in fridge and freezer, a sensor monitoring central heating pipe temperature.
All the ESP devices (switches, plugs room controllers, etc) are all running Tasmota and hooked into Mosqitto MQTT. -
How long have you been working on your setup
About six years, although I did start out with Domoticz and z-wave, which I got rid of.
I briefly toyed with building a fully DIY system written in C# -
How many lines of code run your rules (Total Lines of all files).
Not as much as I expected - and a lot less than the DIY controller I was working on a few years back. -
Whats the best feature your system has
Not really sure, although I’m enjoying the new OH3 UI pages I’m working on for the tablets. -
what are you adding or doing next
Still finishing the tablets and voice control.
Looking to replace the Caller ID
Building on the presence detection (wifi connection to phones) I’ve just implemented
Likely to be just ongoing tweaks and improvements -
does everyone in your house like your system.
My wife despairs of me lol -
how much has it all cost
I dread to think
Thanks,
Richie
I am just curious what smoke sensor you’re using with the ESP8266 module? I also have a few in each room (temp + humidity + smoke sensor, but no light sensor). The MQ smoke sensor I am having is kind of sensitive. This year it has been okay so far, but last year it was generating a lot of false positive.